What Is This Tutorial About?
When I was looking for a hobby car in 1998, I originally wanted a 1967 GTO such as I had in college, however after looking around for shops to repair the vehicle and sources of repair parts, I decided instead on a 1965 Ford Mustang. I believed I would have more chance to find Mustang parts and repair than GTO parts and repair.
The Mustang I found is totally modified. It started prior to my ownership with replacement of the Inline 6 with a 289 V-8 and progressed to the transmission, suspension, brakes, air conditioner system, etc. etc.
As a result of that exercise and other unrelated events, I learned a great deal about the Internet, General and Special Purpose Search Engines, Finding Parts, Wrecking Yards, Swap Meets and Aftermarket Parts Sources. I can find just about anything I need using General Purpose and Special Search Engines and keywords to drive the search.
It is the goal of this tutorial to share with members of the car community a systematic strategy for using general and special purpose search engines to find repair parts.
I believe this strategy can make your parts search much easier.
The Contents of This Tutorial
This tutorial is divided into three parts:
- Part 1 - General Purpose Search Engines - This section of the tutorial is a discussion of general purpose search engines, keywords, intelligent choice of keywords to drive search engines (examples included), choosing the right general purpose search engine, use of the find function to perform a secondary search, sitemaps, links, magazines, locating a 404 site not found website and more
- Part 2 - Special Purpose Search Engines - This section of the tutorial defines a multi-step strategy for using special purpose(topical) search engines to find car parts using the Internet. Sample topics in this part of the tutorial include:
- Finding The Car On The Internet(EBAY and Traderonline)
- Shipping The Car From Another Location
- Finding Wrecking Yard Parts
- Finding Swap Meet Parts
- Choosing A Mechanic To Repair The Vehicle
- Magazine Resources
- Catalogs
- Finding Car Clubs
- Part 3 - Aftermarket Parts Links - Using these principles, I have found approximately 1000 general interest links of interest to the car community in the categories below. Tips are included that are based on the results of various search categories. I may not have found exactly what you are looking for but it will give you a lot better odds at finding what you are looking for.
Accessories Books CAM Shafts Camaros Car Clubs Clutches Cooling Systems Corvettes Drivetrains Gaskets Gears Guages Headers Hotrods Magazines and Mopars Mufflers Mustangs Parts Distributors and Racing Performance Swapmeets Suspension Tires Trucks Wiring Wrecking Yards Approximately 1000 links are included in the tutorial for the categories above.
Disclaimers
- The author makes no claims about products sold at the websites. The websites are listed because they appear to be of general interest to a large audience.
- When looking for emission system related parts the user should be aware of applicable state automotive emission system law. That varies from state to state.
